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Less : stop buying so much rubbish - how having fewer, better things can make us happier

Grant, Patrick, 1972-2025
Books, Manuscripts
Today the average person has nearly five times as many clothes as they did just 50 years ago. Last year, 100 billion garments were produced worldwide, most made from oil, 30% of which were not even sold, and the equivalent of one bin lorry full of clothing is dumped in landfill or burned every single second. Our wardrobes are full to bursting with clothes we never wear so why do we keep buying more? In this passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but despairing of a broken global system, Patrick Grant considers the crisis of consumption and quality in fashion, and how we might make ourselves happier by rediscovering the joy of living with fewer, better-quality things.
Author:
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2025.
Collation:
354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2024.
ISBN:
9780008663971 (pbk)
Dewey class:
746.92092746.9209746.92B/GRA
LC class:
TT515
Local class:
B GRA
Language:
English
BRN:
4183710
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